just now; a little while back; a short time ago
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
feeling; sensation; mood; sensation of doing
smooth (skin, etc.); sleek; velvety; silky
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
laying one's head in someone's lap; using someone's lap for a pillow
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
training (animals); breaking (animals)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
resentment; indignation; anger
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
distant view; looking from a distance; good long distance vision; farsightedness
storm caused by the devil; evil wind; eerie wind
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
morning glow; sunrise colors; sunrise colours
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
bed; berth; crib; cot; kip; bedroom
to lean against; to set against
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi